Former carny kid. Coney Island, carnivals, fairs, amusement business. Oral history, reminiscence.
Joined April 2010
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Join us tonight @ 9:45 pm for Coney Island's final Friday Night Fireworks of the season! Plus, you're invited to @PracticalMagic's spellbinding pop-up event at our Phoenix Roller Coaster from 6-10 pm. FREE Midnight Margaritas, tarot card readings & more
📷: @viewsbypatrick
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Freshly made candy apples 😋
Come and get 'em at Deno's Sweet Shoppe on the Coney Island Boardwalk 🎡
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It's Fireworks Fri-yay in Coney Island 🎆! This spectacular show is FREE on Fridays at 9:45 all summer long and brought to you by the Alliance for Coney Island. The best viewing spots are from the beach, boardwalk and Deno's Wonder Wheel 🎡
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Friday Night Fireworks are back starting THIS FRIDAY, June 19, at 9:45 PM! This spectacular show is FREE all summer long and brought to you by the Alliance for Coney Island. The best viewing spots are from the beach, boardwalk & Deno's Wonder Wheel 🎡
📷 @coneyislandjim

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100 years ago today, Herbert Sellner applied for a patent for the Tilt-A-Whirl! Join us in celebrating the 100th Patent-versary by riding Deno's Wonder Wheel Park's classic Tilt and stay tuned for the date of a special event we're planning this season in Coney Island 🎡🎉
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Heads up! Spring is abloom in Coney Island as the cars are going up on the Wonder Wheel this morning! Only one week till Palm Sunday, Coney's official opening day and the annual Blessing of the Rides at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park. Join us on Sunday, March 29th at 10 AM 🌷
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SAVE THE DATE: Sunday, March 29th 🎡🎢🎠 We can't wait to welcome you back to the Coney Island Boardwalk for the 41st annual Blessing of the Rides at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park and the Wheel's 106th season! The first 106 guests ride Deno's Wonder Wheel free: denoswonderwheel.com nitter.gq/WonderWheelPark/status…
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Deno's carousel horses returned to their platform and are raring to go round! We're getting Deno's Wonder Wheel, Carousel + our 20 other rides ready for March 29, Palm Sunday, Coney Island's traditional opening day and Deno's Wonder Wheel's Blessing of the Rides.
📷 @ConeyHistory
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Happy Valentine's Day from the Coney Island History Project! Celebrate by listening to the Love & Marriage episode of our Coney Island Stories podcast. It features the stories of couples who met, got engaged or married in Coney 💞 coneyislandhistory.org/podca… #podcast #oralhistory
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Jeff Bezos just fired hundreds of reporters at the Washington Post — including the Amazon reporter holding his OWN company accountable.
Reminder: Jeff Bezos' net worth is nearly $250,000,000,000.
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NEW post on Charles Denson's Substack: Banksy Has Left the Building! Robotic 2013 artwork by the mysterious British artist has been sold and removed from its Coney Island location. coneyologist.substack.com/p/…

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Coney Island is the fun place to be on New Year’s Day and the best way to welcome 2026 is with a dip in the Atlantic! Join or watch the Coney Island Polar Bear Club's NYD Plunge: runsignup.com/Race/NY/Brookl…
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It’s almost FREE turkey time! Please keep spreading the word to those in need, and we’ll see you all at legendary @RubysBarGrill at 11 a.m. THURSDAY, Nov. 20!!! 🦃😊
#ConeyIslandBoardwalk #TurkeyGiveaway #ConeyCommunity
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Oct 25 in Coney Island! Free event with Parachute Literary Arts – 1:30 PM & 3:00 PM. Brooklyn author Sherene Rance will read from her book, Aria's Big Wish, at Deno’s Little Free Library next to the Wonder Wheel. Kids ages 3-8 and kids at heart can come listen to Mermaid tales 🧜♀️
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81° in October? Guess there’s time for one last ride on the Cyclone! ☀️ 🎡 🍦
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James Daugherty, Right This Way! Sensations of the Color, Movement, and Noise at Coney Island, 1914. Offset lithograph, sheet (Irregular): 24 × 16 13/16 in. (61 × 42.7 cm) Image: 19 3/8 × 15 in. (49.2 × 38.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Daugherty 77.24
ALT Illustration from a vintage 1914 New York Herald magazine cover featuring various circus scenes with performers and animals in vibrant, dynamic colors.
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I proudly applauded the Community Advisory Committee's NO vote on The Coney Casino Project, being the first elected official in my district to object. The final vote represents the voice of the people of Coney Island finally being heard. The potential influx of people to this proposal would have been catastrophic, creating paralyzing traffic and life-threatening conditions in the event of an evacuation. Special thank you to my appointee to the Community Advisory Committee, Marissa Solomon, for her unwavering commitment to the Coney Island community, and for her thorough research on this project. Your work made a real difference.
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I’m proud to have nominated @WonderWheelPark — a Coney Island icon — to the NYS Historic Business Preservation Registry. This recognition helps safeguard its legacy and ensures it will remain a treasure for generations ahead. Thank you to the Vourderis family for all you do!
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FLASH: The CAC overseeing the application for Thor Equities' $3.4 billion casino proposal on #ConeyIsland (@theconeynyc), has been voted down 4-2.
The application will not move forward to the @NYSGamingComm Gaming Facility Location Board.
#Brooklyn #NewYork #casino